New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-28

into veritable holgoblin. Therefore they would
prefer TO race in light wind.
II was painfully apparent that there was no
wind early in the morning. 1t required no ex-
pert knowledge to perceive that The smoke
foated straight up from domestic chimheys and
factories. match lighted on the street was in
no danger OF being blown out before the smoker
could light his cigar A thick fog laid cold damp
hands on every thing and lent sm0l1e-likc,
dIngy aspect TO all visil lc objects. The sun
struggled feebly 10 break through the gloom and
succeeded in looking like q gooseberry sticking
through a piece OF pie crust Not much could
be seen anywhere. The range OF vision was
extremely limited.
PEOPLE WHO WE'RE on THE ELECTRA.
Quite the reverse was Commodore Gerry's hos
pitality on the Electra. Among his guests were
the Regatta Committee, Gouvemeur Kortright,
Stephen Peabody aud Alexander Taylor. They
there business Among those on pleasure
bent were the Secretary of State, Mr. Bayard;
the Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Whitney, and Mrs.
Whitney; the Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr..
Fairchil and Mrs. Fairchill George L. Schuyler.
Fleet Surgeon DR.. Morris j. Asch, John II Bird,
Mrs. Gouvorneur Kortright, eX-Commodore T. NJ.
Brown, Miss Phipps, Mrs. J. III. Bradford, Captain
Henry Erben, u. S. NJ, Lieutenant Ia alnslSi,
Archibald Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Schuy Ter,
Miss Annie Langdon, Chief Justice Van Brunt,
DR.. and Mrs Ashmore Noakes, of Nice; Clement
March, Francis A. Stout, Charles G. Post, Miss
Lena Post Captain George S. Haven, John l..
Cadwallader, Justice George A. Ingraham, Hamil-
ton kerr iss Annie Cutting, Alexander Hamll-
ton, Brocl<holst Cutting, Henry Hoyt j. Lawrence
Aspinwall. C. Wyllyss Betts. 5. r. Belts, W. r,
CHAMBERLAIN, Perciva Drayton Thomas Howard,
c. K Richards, T. j. o. Rhinclander, Captain f.
Galhtn, H. c. Price, Dr. Robert F. Welr Miss
Alice A. Weir, +. La Montague. it,, Mrs. Della
feld Miss Bessie Delaleld, Mrs. Alexander Tay ior
Woodbury. Kane and 4. f. Jenkins. Mrs. Gerry
and the Misses Gerry assisted Commodore Gerry
in entertaining his guests
The Electra got under way at S:35 o'clock from
/ her moorings East Twenty-sixth5st, and
charged resolutely upon the bank or log that
stretched across the last River, giving ire uent
hoarse toots to warn othaS graft Of her approach,
/ and frequently slowing up to give them chance
! TO get out OF the way. Ike ghosts they looked
/ vanishing thew isappeared IN the INST The
! ! lectra came TO anchor oh Owls Head, west of
| Buoy No. 1s. at 0:i5 O'clock Theu there was
was almost CLASSY, only occasionally the greatest
| OF rippes IKE smile fitting across a maldens
/ face stole over the bay, showing where some
! vagraut zephyr wooed the waters. The Staten Is
Iond snOre was invisible through the mist and only
small expanse of the b!uifs ut Owls Head on the
/ ong Island shore could be seen. Dun and spectral
like a number of sails were outlined about Bay
Ridge. hey belonged to yachts waiting Tor
! breeze.
MRS. WHITNEY SENDS OUT PIGEON.
AT o'clock the first pgeon was thrown from the
Electra heavily freighted with sundry sage opin-
ions about the weather. Mrs. Whitney started the
bird on it's m ssIon and the unapprecative pigeon
flew from her hands with just much celebrity as
though il were leaving the horny hands of some
hare -hsted of toll.
Atg:i5 o'clock the Thistle. which had somehow
! ..-l nya,lN rom Inm mnl \ u
drop ed her anchor a blscuittoss west Ot the
| Electra WITH her black raklsh bull long over
hanging PROV and stern. she looked truly like "a
mighty fast boat IN iight weather" as General
Pane SAID, but mighty last or not there was not
VINO enough to send ner over he course in seven
nours. hu had mainsall, clu6fopSall torestavsall,
Inland iIbtopsall set. bur there was not enough
to fill them. The sailors, with their snow-white
duck suits and red cowls, lent novel and striking
our of mar ole she Stood the ilttle burgee ut the
end OF her topmast not even qul'ering Ii was
splendid opportunity for tne pholographers and
they made the most of 1t, but IL was an agOnizine
spectace for yachtsmen who had come our 10 see
race aud could not even see so much as
a reed shaken bv the wind lt was an
/ occasion when Ordinary language fails TO do JUS
tice to ones frengs and resort To slang Is excusd-
BILE. Yachtsmen wlia singular unanlmty agreed
: MIR. Bell and Designer Watson, who perhaps were
not averse, at that tme to sailing race with the
Volunteer in ligh. w'ud. but gained nothing
and down the deck like Gagged lions when feeding
time is at hand
1t was hard too, on the people who crowded the
decks of the steamers and had paid from $1 80 10
$J tor the privilege. They couldn't vent their lm-
patience through their legs, SIMPLY because there
was no loom Tor them TO move around, notwlth-
standing the announcement that the number Of
passengers strictly limited" q" To half the
capacity of the boats. 1t was hard too, on the
people on the bluffs of Fort Wadsaorth waiting
Tor glimpse Of the yachts. and at Sandy Hook
and elsewhere on shore. And it was b lrd on the
people who VI ere ga hered about the bulletin boards
an, VI nj nj
: THE YACHTS GIT INTO POSITION.
! Soon after the Thistle came to anchor, the tug
Louise Pulver, with delegation OF Canadian
yacbtsmen on board, steamed up alongside of her
| and gave her three Iousing cheers, to which the
Scotsmen responded in equally hearty fashion.
Then the steam yacht Florence hauled ongsIde
and some one on board wblsled solo for breeze;
so still was the air hat he could be heard at DIS
tance Of several hundred yards. The breeze came
not but the applause did wuen he had finished. A
little later the ScOis raised their anchor and
were towed into position north OF the starting ,ne
After few minutes The Volunteer was towed over
from Nv Rdge and dropped apchor north OF the
starting line, a coupe Of hundred yards away from
the his le. lie sun. rising higner took the raw
edge of the air. causing people fn feel their over
coats Ii dissipated much Of the mist, but
brought breeze. hus things went on
for couple of hours. To give
went close TO one yacht and theu t. .le o ner the
passengers cheering with generous I.l Sgtiali'y,
bat tho alter awhile grew tired OF respond
ing 10 these compliments. The wbole scene made
beautiful picture OF the dreamy sort usually as.
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